Window shade bracket-fixture



June 16, 1931. D. A. PARKES 1,810,676

WINDOW SHADE BRACKET FIXTURE v Filed March 11, 1929 Patented June 16, 1931 UNITED mm isiafiit .Q'a-riENr or rica p DUANE A. PARKES, or nnraorr, Mmrrreim WINDOW SHADE BRACKET-FIXTURE Application filed March 11, 1929. Serial m. 346,084.

cation and but when supportedby the brackets, cannot be accidentally detached from the fixture to damage the curtain or injure anyone be- .neath it. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide an inconspicuous device that may be attached to a window stop in such manner that the edges of the window shade are adjacent the window casing, thereby cutting off light which might otherwise pass between the edge 21) of theshade and the window casing.

A further object of the invention is to constructone or both ofthe brackets of resilient material that one at least may be manually shifted from its normal spaced relation to 53 the other bracket to permit the projecting gudgeons at the ends of the shade roller entering the apertures provided in therespective brackets ;-the bracket being then released, that it may springback to its initial 2;.) position, thus engaging the gudgeons until forced again from its normal position for the removal or replacement of a shade.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bracket fixture whereby the 25d gudgeons on the end of the roller cannot jump out of the supporting hanger or bracket through careless handling of the shade.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description :0 proceeds, the invention further resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in'the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes may be made in the precise em- (3 bodiment of the invention herein disclosed particularly bracketfixture supporting awindow shade, shown. partly broken away and in section.

Figure 2 is a side view of one ofthe brackets attached initiallyto the window stop by ia single nail, that the brackets may be-first"=5 Figure 3 is an elevationiof the co-operating bracket provided with a squared aperture to receive the usual rectangular supporting gudgeon at the opposite end of the shade roller. I f

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken on or about line Hot Figure 2.

adjusted asiindicated by dotted "lines, to properly align the curtainroller before per- :inane'ntlysecuringthe brackets to the win The respective brackets A andB forming A the shade roller supporting fixture are con-- structedof sheet metal. The bra'cketA includes an elongated portion A perforated with a. plurality of holes A to receive nails A, whereby it may be temporarily, and after ward permanently secured to the window sto Thebracket A,'has also a laterally extending portion A punched with a round 7 hole A? to" receive the usual round gudgeon (not shown) at one end of a shaderoller C.

The laterally extending portion A?" is bent.- midway itslength, to form a shallow channel edge of the'shade thatthe edge of the latter 'A thereby spacing the fixture from the may not be wornthrough contact with the bracket when raised or lowered.

Integral with the bracket and projecting downwardly from the" end of the laterally extending portion A is an arm A its the support of the fixturesor when engaging it therewith.

The coordinating hole in the center 6% the bracket to teinpobrackct B, has an elongated portion B punched' with a plurality of rarily secure it to the window stop ;an adj ustment of the brackets then follows to obtain a proper alignment of the shade roller, the brackeis are then permanently secured to the window stop by additional nails.

The bracket B also includes a laterally extending arm formed with a shallow channel B for spacing the fixture from the edge 01" the shade that the edge of the latter may not be worn through contact with the fixture when raised or lowered.

Adjacent the end of the arm is an elongated aperture B to receive the usual. square gudgeon attached to the winding spring of the shade roller.

A relatively broad bearing surface asurrounds the opening A in the bracket fixture-- see Figure 4to receive and support the gudgeon or" the shade roller.

Having indicated the several parts by reference letters, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood.

The respective brackets A and B are first secured to the left and right hand window. stops, adjacent the top of the window casing, by a single nail preferably driven through the centrally disposed nail aperture of a group of holes provided to receive nails in each of the brackets.

Pressure is then manually applied to the end portion A ofthe bracket, forcing the latter toward the window casing to permit he gudgeons projecting in opposite direce tions from the ends of the shade roller to be inserted in the respective holes, or bearings provided for their reception in each of the brackets. The end A of the resilient bracket is then released that it may return to its initial position, thereby securely engaging the roller gudgeons against accidental release.

The brackets are now rocked upon the supporting nails driven through each bracket into the window stops,see Figure 2until a proper alignment of the shade roller has been e? cted, whereupon additional nails are driven through the holes to permanently secure the brackets in their adjusted position.

brackets completely encircle the gudgeons, the usual hock-shaped bearing employed in curtain brackets being eliminated,this taken in connection with the resilient action of the brackets avoids any possibility of the curtain roller leaving'thebrackets through carelessness in raising or lowering the shade.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A window shade bracket consisting of an elongated base portion adapted to be secured to a window stop and an integral laterally extending web portion terminating in a gudgeon receiving portion adapted to overlie the path of the window sash and spaced It will be noted that the bearings in both therefrom and having a suitably shaped bearing hole to receive the gudgeon of a shade roller, said base portion having a plurality of holes to receive securing means, one of the holes lying in the same plane as said bearing hole, and the entire bracket lying in substantially the same vertical plane, where by the bracket may be first oscillated on said securing means across the inner face of the window stop and thereby swing the shade roller and web portion and its gudgeonreceiving portion into and out of the path of movement of the window sash to align the shade roller and then fixedly secured in alignment by securing means passing through another hole of the base portion so as to support the shade roller in the path of movement of the sash and to suspend the shade with its side edges in close proximity to the window stop, leaving practically no space between the side edges of the shade and casing for the passage of light around the edges of the shade. 1

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

DUANE A. PARKE 

